News Headlines from Business News Agencies 01.10.2024

*Business Standard*

📝 Mankind Pharma board approves fundraising plan of up to Rs 10,000 cr

📝 India, US may sign pact on critical minerals to bolster trade ties

📝 Bharti Airtel prepays Rs 8,465 crore to DoT for spectrum acquired in 2016

📝 Govt extends income tax audit report deadline to Oct 7

📝 India's current account deficit widens to 1.1% of GDP in April-June 2024

📝 Aurobindo Pharma subsidiary gets 10 observations from USFDA for API plant

📝 India's fiscal deficit for Apr-Aug at Rs 4.35 trn, 27% of full-year target

📝 Wedding rush: 4.8 million couples to spark Rs 5.9 trillion economic surge

📝 AT&T sells 70% stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6 bn

📝 Adani Airport Holdings raises Rs 1,950 crore through biggest bond issue

📝 Vodafone and Hutchison offer price pledge to answer UK's merger concerns

*Economic Times*

📝 Oil companies making Rs 15/ltr profit on petrol even as consumers await big price cuts

📝 India moves to current account deficit of $9.7 bn in Q1FY25 from surplus in previous quarter

📝 RBI deputy governor calls for strengthening governance at small finance banks

📝 Delhi government sets up 24x7 'Green War Room' to tackle winter pollution

📝 Tata Power to invest Rs 1.2 lk crore in power distribution, transmission and renewables in Rajasthan

📝 India's core sector declines by 1.8% in August

📝 Kalpataru Projects International bags orders worth Rs 1,241 crore

📝 Swiggy, Hyundai, Vishal Mega Mart among 5 IPOs approved by Sebi; Innovision prospectus returned

📝 Dr Reddy's completes acquisition of Haleon's NRT portfolio

📝 Dwarka Expressway to become India's first free flow tolling system with no toll plazas in next few months

*Mint*

📝 Indian Oil Corporation withdraws ₹22,000 crore rights issue

📝 India’s core sector output growth contracts by 1.8% in August

📝 Cred eyes new products as revenue surges, losses shrink in FY24

📝 Monsoon ends with 8% surplus, rains 14% below normal in east and northeast

📝 Epic Games to sue Google, Samsung over alleged app-store scheme

📝 Metro Brands is treading slowly on the growth track

📝 Govt to unveil Business Reforms Action Plan 2024 to boost ease of doing business

📝 China markets surge in wild end to the quarter

📝 Peak XV, Google, Hillhouse eye part exits as CarDekho plans IPO

📝 Wakefit enters Rs 1,000 crore revenue club, returns to Ebitda profitability

📝 Tata Power to invest ₹1.2 trillion in Rajasthan for renewable energy projects